rich the nature of the border has been grows. almost nudging the roots of right to look good. for you don't. just walk. in the. elevator but. this is news africa on the program today the country with no plans to procure covert 19 vaccines tanzania's health minister has been promoting a herbal medicine she say's will ward off viruses dr dorothy what she was saying is the ministry has no plans to receive vaccines for covert 19. the chefs in south africa catering for the hungry and needy using projects that would have otherwise been thrown away.

hello i'm christine it's good to have your company tanzania says' it has no plans to accept corona virus vaccine to the country's health minister dorothy i insist the country is safe in state she's encouraging people to practice hygiene and use traditional medicine to fife's disease and his president fully as face international criticism over his handling of the current virus pandemic it is unclear how the country is fairing at this stage but the african c.d.c. director says that quote if we do not fight this as a collective on the continent we will be doomed close quote. no masks and no social distancing president john mark foley last week at a public event. well he keeps denying the seriousness of the decease and

insists prayers are the cure. without providing any proof he even claims vaccines are dangerous. sometimes and he ends recently went abroad in search of coronavirus vaccines these people brought the virus into our country when they returned. let's stand firm this vaccine is not good at all. the government haven't published any coronavirus data for almost a year back then the country officially had just over 500 cases and 21 deaths president musharraf we has one people only to report official information on the virus and some activists have been arrested. on the streets adar salaam many people still have faith in their president. or not we don't have corona virus in tanzania

if the country have the virus the relevant ministry would issue a statement but for now people should stop being fearful and work hard. but opposition politicians and some church leaders are speaking out telling their followers the virus does exist and saying people must take precautions yes most other countries prepare their vaccine rollout tanzania's health minister sees no need. for how you know. the ministry of health does not have any plans of receiving the covert 19 back scene that is said to be in use in other countries but. instead the minister is promoting a locally produced purple remedy of lemons ginger and garlic. and

i'm now joined by journalists. welcome to the program sami so we we hear president for you and other senior government officials downplaying the seriousness of call that 19 what kind of an impact is that having on the tanzania public. well i don't want to date is the impact has been you know confusion about the public because you know a lot of times it is fall and use and the how of the nation you know but in the region in other countries you know that. it's about what's happening in the country you know we learn about the rest of the war doubting you know how they're fighting to virus and then into country you hear a lot of confusing messages from from costco negotiations to get on to it will remember for instance last studio prison mark foley announced god has healed the country from coronavirus and then sometimes he saves people should follow advice is for health and she shows and i write she can't pick and so there's been

a lot of confusion right and you talked about there being no official records but one of the country's health has been saying those at the front lines of what the hospitals the top says. unfortunately we haven't been able to hear a lot from that the government made it very clear the only people who are allowed to jewish are in official standing and official information regarding crowe the virus the script a minister of health the prime minister and president himself and sort of not even doctors cannot speak about what they're experiencing in the hospital so we haven't been hampered here by about just a hand count of doctors and how to give us a semi apart from encouraging people to practice high gain the hand washing and crinkle herbal mixes has the government put any measures in place to curb the spread of the virus lockdowns for example. nope the government has not put any such measures and the president has made it very clear that lockdown is not something that he's going to consider 2. days was way back since last year when the

coronavirus was confined to the country at the state. government economy fast people had to go out and you know and there and so did he was not running true true to each and a lot of that even just a few weeks ago when he repeated that statement in saying that the government is not planning to impose in a lockdown. to tell us more about the role of the church is that it itself president before he who is a devout catholic as quoted as saying that god had eliminated says akhil the 19 from tanzania. but the church leaders who have spoken out they're preaching a very different message how important is that. so at the moment the church leaders and really just the does at large i would say that they've been seen as really if building in that gap of leadership in terms of encouraging people to continue taking measures that we had for instance from you know i'd actually saw.

this sunday telling a congregation claimed he got a coronavirus ease in tanzania and he repeated say that the virus is in tanzania and that people should continue to take precautions he people to a country wearing must washing hands and not only to gatherings and things like that and this is very important because tanzania is such a religious country you know almost everyone in tanzania identify system selves as item wills lanes or christie and so some other. you know some other allegiance and so hearing these from very spiritual leaders talk spiritual redress is really kind of showing leadership in the country at a time when there's been a lot of consumer confusion really at the state of coronavirus in the country so it is very very quiet. says that there are no official members coming from the governments people have been muzzled inst into speaking what is likely the reality

on the ground most countries on the continent are experiencing a very brittle 2nd wave any indications of what could be the picture in tanzania. it is very difficult indeed to know what exactly is the picture but if we had for instance from again from from a top catholic bishop just last week actually say there is something that they are not to seen which is quite unusual they say usually for instance in of an area they would buy it maybe there would be color to attend some funeral services maybe once a week recently he ses they've been asked to talk to officiate this is. good to get every almost every day of the week but we also seeing a lot of you know the news here on social media by to feed us quite a lot quite unusual actually especially compared to how it was for instance before december even last year a lot of people coming forward saying i've lost my power and of lost my uncle or

lost my parents and so there's been a lot and usually increasing number of deaths in part reporting so that is the only indication but again we cannot confirm what exactly these people are dying we know coronavirus it's a disease that has been taking the lives of many people so it's really not that least a situation that is sending. and it is to south africa now where more than $10000000.00 tons of food go to waste every year and that's despite the fact that there are almost $60000000.00 people in the country who go hungry every single day now that food would have ended up in landfills but it's now saving hundreds of lives every day a group of local chefs calling themselves chefs with compassion are gathering waste food that's that for human consumption cooking it and feeding thousands of people who have been burdened by covert 19 into. their

house to get laid off. from the into homes big beasts up to 100 and and employed at the. food that would otherwise only to waste. this comes from the chef's aggression. that's the beauty of chefs and others who take over food products and compete for going still eat it gives all of us and especially the guys and my core group around me a great sense of pride and a great sense of satisfaction and knowing that we have made a difference in so many lives and we have saved so many people from the brink of hunger and starvation. tons of unsold vegetables and soup i believe that the organizations will always from the biggest fight for just every day.

tells the rest of my kids also done that for the hospitals to eat expiry date. kathleen to sort out what can you tell me and much not. to put a group we've been looking for me for. in the form of what we thought about it 1st . of all. the focus is. distributed to more than to send those out on joe hospital. does it produce this and into all comers up to mischief groups many track to me. who more than 1.3 me don't move since shifts with question stuck to the much nastier. lane to surely is one of the shifts to make to dispose to feed to block the pain that i saw within those people really motivated me to carry on cooking and there's going to be no

stop to this cooking as far as i am concerned. some of the centers of the country that they need to produce and believe but as castles to children's homes homes. and individuals in finding something to spend you can beat up the p.c. free grouping ever see. the movie 100 vote involved in the project out of their achievement to see who wants and most importantly how did flew into hungary benny's. and that is the finale be sure to check out all of the stories on dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter now shares of compassion on the only project producing nourishment for the needy and south africa so they will leave you with pitches off community kitchens and the vibrant project that's been available they see it next time ok.

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where the improbable happened. to the 1st the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery. what is 1st more unique starts feb 11th on t.w. . welcome the main windows of the sundance film festival coming up and also in the next quarter of an hour. love it or hate it the aptly named architectural style of brutal ism continues to divide opinion. and the multi-talented mexican conductor along our is getting all rhythmic with the danish national symphony orchestra. we begin with the winners of the

sundance film festival in america which was mainly held virtually this year and the biggest winner was undoubtedly the touching coming of age drama coda which garnered 4 wards including the grand jury prize the audience prize and best director of. the film is about ruby the only hearing member of an otherwise deaf family she's a talented singer and is torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning patterns. sundance is famous for its documentary section and another big winner there was the summer of soul which took the grand jury prize and the audience award to sew a documentary about the harlem culture festival of 969 which has been dubbed the black woodstock and it's an incredible achievement for 1st time director thompson said known as quest love leader of the roots.

the style of architecture called bruges is a joining the 1950 s. with the easy availability of concrete which was also cheap the term brutal ism is certainly not liked by architects in this kind of monumental muscular architecture divides opinion adored by some and hated by others well it's all around us and it also not seems to have its uses for modern city sport. and group of young gymnasts on the roof of the church of the catholic college can. unity and cologne with the church's blessing of course the athletes are inspired by the angle of sixty's building. yet you give it. a metric shapes are amazingly beautiful and it's also a bit futuristic even though it's quite old. concrete architecture so called personal ism is in. the 1st edition of fight an atlas of brutalist architecture

sold out in no time the comprehensive work features around 900 photos of brutalist buildings from the last 100 years burchill the term refers to the french based on blue meaning exposed concrete the preferred material of this kind of architecture is often bombastic and many dismiss it as simply virtual the whole university in boca is one often maligned example but it also has its fans because they are grew up in neighboring host that he found only beauty in the university campus. when the university was built in the 1960 s. my father started working here. where i was raised i grew up here and often played his. kids unafraid of concrete on the contrary he campaigned understanding for this radical

architect by posting his pictures in social networks and on fan community sites come creeks and nature. and needn't be and here it blends with plants and most in much the same way as rock might living in exposed concrete can even be like living in nature the boundaries between outside and inside a blood a concrete wall it's simply beautiful. but when you look at a wall like that i think it has so much life it's so playful you can also do so much more with it much more than you can with a white wall. when restoring damaged areas special attention and sensitivity is required in order to preserve the living concrete in the past problem areas were simply painted grey today stone specialists can carefully restore the pattern created by like over the years. a labor of love.

concrete is beautiful if you're willing to see that beauty and these days many are . who are there is fair to say is a brutalist believe. britain for example is a big discussion about preserving brutalist. campaign. over. which is the university student union building being a very nice building and also in germany there's been some high profile cases this is the so-called. in berlin a building with a macabre past as a former university animal testing lab which is also currently subject of a campaign to save it brutal isn't causing a bit of

a stir in america that's why one of the last actions of outgoing president donald trump was to issue an executive order to discourage the construction of new federal buildings in the fruits of the star of the robert c. weaver building in washington for example came in for some criticism as it was said it was widespread widespread criticized it's also received a lot of praise of course it was designed by powerhouse architect marcel. now a brutal isn't a went viral on social media some people saying it was inappropriate of donald trump to be concerning himself with architecture at a time of global pandemic but others saying that yes actually brutalist architecture not quite as attractive as some of the classical styles that donald trump preferred obviously brutal is a dividing opinion of the detractors have

a point sometimes well beauty is in the eye of the beholder and even i would not say that every concrete building is a monster piece some find problematic from an ideological point of view seeing as a manifestation of totalitarianism this is the monument and book area opened in the time of the communist totalitarian state a glorification of communist ideology probably but also a stunning piece of brutalist architecture it is thankfully now being restored with help from a german university. i mean it is an extraordinary building give you that isn't brutal isn't just one of those top topics that sort of popular on social media not really that. important in the real world what is popular but it's not quite as popular as can't switch brings me to my last point i very popular instagram channel called kant's brutal ism somebody had the brilliant idea of fusing these 2

. shows in the photo shop the results are quite magnificent and somewhat disturbing. somewhat disturbing but. as always thanks very much for coming into the studio today. is it just a cliche that latin american musicians have more rhythm in their blood well mexican conductor a lot. perhaps to as cliché as she's a bit of a percussionist herself this was apparent recently when she wrote the danish national symphony orchestra in copenhagen for a concert of mexican film music the music shows needed a very simple deluge of book stage brought about interesting discussions of rhythm. in that the that would be magog that looked at the kid at the back of the

book about that then that this might sound like jibberish but it's how drummers and percussionists talk to each other don't get the mystic in conductor of the telepathic is working with a caution section of the danish national symphony orchestra. good to think that. it's rare for these musicians to take center stage like this. the danish national symphony orchestra plays a piece bang missing composer so best us. delist nihilists it was written in 1039 as a film score. for it doesn't profession as performed for once at shining the string section. we have 2 small adjustments all the time so that's quite difficult because we have 13 players that needs to do that just once in sort

of the same time so that it needs a lot of a lot of ice a lot of us. gradually other instruments join the party the piece bills to occur laureus crescendo. the percussion it's our 3 telecaster has turned the normal orchestra hierarchy on its head. in classical music normally there is no place to the melody has not this time the military has to play to the reason that. i'm like the black sheep of the self. because i am not a classical trained decision i am a self-taught gests. guy. along sees that as

a positive. i love it when we get the sense from all those types of music it's so enriching and many times i think that if we we need classical musicians need more of your world through do what we do because it's oriented is not so. most of what i've learned i've learned from players much more than conductors who are great but as i go and ask you know how do you do this and what else can you do and what other options that i'm so i'm i'm happy to meet you that's with why you were in the band i mean. i think your thank you very much. so the band has picked up a new member and a new center denmark meets mexico and the result is pure it's you can see.

a lot small from a lot of. our you tube channel that's t.w. classical music i recommend that i leave you today with what has to be the most famous whistle in popular music. when you have changed by the scorpion still the biggest selling single worldwide by an artist release 30 years ago this song more than any other now serves as a soundtrack to the fall of the berlin wall and the political and cultural evils going on but that is small bye bye for now. i'm now a a. function name.

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is day that we use live from police and men raw file charges against 1000 civilian leader in the chain and no one is hurt far less than she was arrested in monday's coup meanwhile a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience against the ministry takeover is growing also in the program russian police arrest more than a 1000. people after the jailing of kremlin critic annex saying the family activists accuse officers of targeting peaceful protesters is that the valley says president hussein is trying to intimidate his critics.

i'm still going to welcome to the program police in may and now have formally charged ousted leader on some suchi with breaking an import law authorities say illegally imported walkie talkies were found at her home the accusation forms the legal basis for miss you she said at detention and you could be facing up to 2 years in prison and nationwide campaign of civil disobedience has been growing since this week's military coup protesting medical workers say they will not work for the new military regime and that wearing forever red ribbons as a symbol of defiance and refusing to give known emergency treatment. has got more from dave grohl about who's been covering myanmar for many years he joins us from kuala lumpur and talk us through these charges day welcome by the way. import irregular hours a few walkie talkies doesn't sound serious enough to warrant summary arrest and

perhaps a date and perhaps 2 years in jail. yeah well the new military regime is just taking a page out of the playbook of memoirs old military regime i mean this import export law the way it's written is so arcane that you can basically take just about anything and twist and turn anything that was important or export and twist and turn this law around such a vague law and make it as if this item broke the law that's how this is in fact the thing here is those that went on sun suit she's in astray she came into office 5 years ago a lot of people encourage them to scrap this law to get it out of the books because some of her supporters during the days of the old regime the old who want to have been jailed under well they did not do that and now this law is being used against her so how people likely to react. well you know we have seen some civil disobedience already in myanmar mean last night we saw people banging pots and pans

hanging honking their horns as a show of protest against the military coup today we had people in hospitals who were demonstrating against the doctors and medical staff demonstrating against this military takeover but the real question here is down the road are we going whether it's days or weeks or months ahead are we going to see some sort of mass protests mass demonstrations of people on the streets of yangon and other cities in the country i've spoken to a number of contacts in myanmar in the last couple of hours they tell me people are furious about this not entirely surprising figured something was going to come they weren't sure exactly what it was and what it would come to but they say they are absolutely furious the question is no one really knows is this is what going to push people over the actually they would have these mass demonstrations because if they go that route if you look at past history here the mammaries military in past years in the old dictatorship was known for rushing these type of demonstrations with violent force and sometimes deadly force so for the public now to come out and

go for this would be a big risk for them to take is there that you've sought to be along the road my question because what i was going to ask you what the playbook says about a military judge said reacting to civil disobedience because it's hard to imagine soldiers going in and beating up the hospital doctors nurses who are refusing to work. yeah it's hard to imagine that i mean what i'm especially with a pandemic going on you know some are not some are refusing to work some are working but they're wearing you know ribbons to trying to show their their loyalty to the l.d.n. on sun suchi and keep in mind here you know i have spoken i spent years in myanmar and i've spoken to soldiers who had told me that they had voted for the end of the not as lax election in november right haven't been there since then it's hard to understand but election 5 years ago so it's hard to know the numbers what percentage of soldiers did but there are some soldiers in the ranks who do support the n l d the question is if there was

a mass demonstration orders come what happens then thank you so much for that david good about him into a little. something out of russia where security forces have arrested more than 1400 people during demonstrations against the jailing of anticorruption campaign i'd like same to volley witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters the kremlin says the police response was justified on tuesday and i say in the fall he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his parole western governments have condemned the rule and called for his immediate release. in the future that we must heart for his wife you. the only goodbye alexei and avali could manage before heading to prison earlier he told the court the charges against him were fabricated a way of intimidating his supporters. will go towards all of these officers and

this cage it's not a show of strength it shows their weakness they are weak. and they cannot jail thousands or even millions of people. outside the cavalry arrived early. lines of riot police stood in front of the court not to keep in a volley in but to keep his supporters out. as the day progressed police detained hundreds of supporters would come to show their solidarity. age was no barrier and this woman stood her ground in defiance. as night fell on moscow the protests grew. but so did the presence of police in riot gear and the arrests.

the tension is a price these protesters are willing to pay to speak their mind. we're going to go to i don't want my children to grow up in the same conditions i did alex say is trying to do something at least you know bali has just been wrongly convicted the country will never be free if their thirties and the courts behave like this it looks like they will soon start beating us with a baton again but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with the tongs in the future. soon enough the police proved him right. there but tonnes directed indiscriminately at anyone in the crowd. in the valise supporters are taking risks in the hope the next generation won't have to. israel has fascinated a greater proportion of its population against corona virus than any other country but the number of new infections is still high and the cabinet is deciding whether to open up the country on friday or extend the lockdown again authorities say they

are determined to contain the spread of the disease while immunizing as many people as possible. tanya crime reports a senior citizens are amongst those suffering most. it's been a long while the only year food watches since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year the 88 year old israeli american has been mostly confined to have flat the internet has been her main source of contact with family and friends but now she has new hope a week ago she received her 2nd shot 2 weeks after the 2nd vaccine so if you come visit me i'm very excited saying keep one person. side about it it's really been hard and now to see people it's a step forward but she's still very cautious a large majority of israel's most vulnerable population over 70 has received the

2nd vaccine chart the so-called green passport confirms the vaccination but for now that doesn't mean any extra privileges while is worse raf it lacks a nation dr made headlines the country had to extend its lockdown once again to tackle a 3rd way off the pandemic the disease rampant and as you know we have to very and the south africa are variant and we have the. the sundress variant and the british variant which which is the dominant currently. the disease is spreading pretty quickly. here the vaccines are spreading quickly as well and we are racing the virus was the vaccine. at the it's a. i mean a medical center a large hospital in the center of the country doctors and nurses work tirelessly to cope with a constant flow of patients in serious condition january has been the deadliest

month yet of the pandemic and that. all of us my colleagues doctors and nurses see a lot of cases here. myself williams a critical cases and at younger ages seem very big limited seating a few 100 meters from the covert 19 ward it's mostly young people waiting for their vaccination last week people over 35 back called up to get their 1st jab over 3000000 out of israel's 9000000 citizens have received at least their 1st maxine doze in jerusalem ruth rogers and her cag of ameri are on their way to a local shopping center what might seem ordinary has become special rules hasn't been here since march last year a strange very strange very strange i hope in a couple ways are but went to the store and. pick out stuff and now are

it's a whole different experience for me now i feel back to. back to the real world. amid the uncertainty she hopes that at some point she will be able to see family and friends once the effects of divac see nation drive kick in. india's government has condemned a series of tweets by celebrities in support of the country's protesting farms tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out the borders of the indian capital delhi since november agree about you agricultural laws that they say will harm them better big business the government says the changes will modernize the farming sector after protests turned violent last weekend you know thoughts are suspended mobile internet in 3 areas around delhi. the doctors are acts of forest whiting has been following the tweets welcome alex so who has been tweeting well popstar rianna who has more than 100000000 twitter followers has already had her tweets about

these farmers retreated almost 250000 times as she wrote why aren't we talking about this hash tag farmers protest you can sit there and you can also see she's linked to a news story about it now she wasn't the only celebrity gretta to in book who is the climate activist has also taken the side of the farm as she's tweeting we stand in solidarity with the farmers protest in india and also has a link to that same article and i've also been lawmakers from the us i'm from the u.k. also taking the side of the farm ok so what is the indian government said about this well let's just say that they are pretty furious and i think that over the past few months they feel that this protest is putting their own government at risk and in fact the indian ministry of external affairs has perhaps a very long statement on twitter saying that vested interests are trying to undermine the government in the very last line makes it clear that they think that

international celebrities like riana and graphs are not helping they've written the temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments especially when resorted to by celebrities and all this is neither accurate nor responses. so now the indian government themselves are now pushing their own hashtags including india together and india against propaganda which also have been trending ok now where the government isn't you know the tweeting celebrities with twitter it so yeah that's right and these social media platforms particularly twitter have become quite a battleground over this between the government between these farmers protest is and in fact which itself battling the government and the government or to twitter to block the access of various activists as the government calls them saying that they were a threat to public security twitter suspended at least $100.00 they now seem to be

unblocking them but that is further angered the government they've now apparently written to twist it demanding that they a bay their demand that these people stay blocked 20 yet hasn't responded but meanwhile those protests are continuing on the 1st ones we thank you so. a 2nd test flight by space x. latest starship prototype was ended in a fireball a stainless steel rocket managed a successful takeoff and high altitude test in texas but went up in flames on not. just a prototype met a similar fate in december in the webcast of races known as the company said they had a great flight but still needed to work on them landing there's. time to remind you of our top story police and men are formally charged ousted leader i was on cinci breaking an important law the accusation forms they mingle basis for her detention meanwhile a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience has been growing since this week's

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trying always to understand this new culture. or you are not a very little or nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in 4 migrants your platform for reliable information. amazon prepares for life after jeff bezos at its helm look at what his successor any jassi could bring to the world's largest online retailer and what it could mean for amazon's very distinct corporate culture. also on the show joe kayser swansong at siemens is pleasing to investors ears the german industrial profits and orders in 2020. many other businesses in dirty brutal 2020 especially those in terms of taking to the white beaches of spain were business owners are still licking

their words. well welcome to the show i'm susan beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us or jeff bezos is synonymous with amazon the company he built from a modest online book retailer into a 1.7 trillion dollar everything store is those is now stepping back a fact of in july and heading his company to one of his top deputies in many ways amazon isn't primed for raking in profit like never before but challenges loom. what comes next for the world's richest man jeff bezos founded amazon in a washington garage in 1904 and built it into the he met that has attended the business of buying and selling goods the 57 year old has become one of the most respected and feared business leaders in the world and the richest but the net worth of almost $200000000000.00 and an e-mail to employees business wrote that being the c.e.o. of amazon is a deep responsibility and it's consuming. right and by stepping back he'll

find time to focus on his other projects such as the washington post which he bought in 2013 for $250000000.00. or his rocket company blue origin. phase that was has invested heavily in this business but is lacking behind rival tech basilan musk space x. . meanwhile his successor andy chassis is set to inherit a business that is increasingly under attack. for how wield its platform to undercut or even drive competitors out of business. for how it treats its sprawling network of 1300000 employees who have complained of brutally long shifts poor pay and unsafe conditions and warehouses. as amazon's influence and profit grow so due to the demands terrain and its power it now falls on jessie to answer those

calls and for more on this i'm joined by alison stewart alan she's chief executive of international marketing partners in london alison good to have you on the show let's start with jesse who is she and what changes could he bring to amazon. so do he currently runs the web services business which basically hosts the cia's website and number of other very important websites to perhaps even touch of ella's and this is a an incredibly successful large and growing business that provides that infrastructure for other companies and provides that platform for them to have their websites and interactivity and sell merchandise for many retailers as well so it's quite important it's an infrastructure business it's not a consumer facing business it's not a retail business but clearly this is the bet that you know jeff bezos

and andy jassi are both making on the future of the company that doesn't mean to say it isn't about retail in the future but it does mean it's about the data and clearly from hosting all of these websites around the globe as amazon web services does you're a massive quite a bit of information there particularly skilled at analytics so that's that's where the future bet is or at a very lucrative side of the business there with a lot of growth potential amazon of course has a very distinct someone say notorious corporate culture does that make it easier or more difficult for someone like bezos to move back. well in a way it's about how much leeway he's giving and jesse if you like i mean jeff bezos is not beating the company he's staying on the scene he is moving into an executive chair per chairman role so he's still around and it's possible that

he and andy jesse have brokered a deal that says i can actually reshape the culture as andy jesse in this new c.e.o. role and you know we do know about corporate cultures potentially being really important and differentiating brands in the case of amazon like apple like microsoft like lots of tech this is the corporate culture is why you attract and retain the people that you have and why you get customers now could be that they're ready for an overhaul and maybe andy jassi has the freedom to reinvent the culture and make it a bit more human perhaps certainly there's a lot of press about how they treat staff as you mentioned earlier in the story so maybe this is the time to reinvent amazon all right alison stewart allan with international marketing partners in london thank you very much. well german industrial giant zeman xah peers have weathered a difficult 2020 quite well and latest results show that orders and profits were up

on a year ago as before the coronavirus pandemic hit in particular by strong growth in china for c.e.o. joe kayser that means ending his time as c.e.o. on a positive note. joe kayser was known inside siemens as a reformer under his leadership siemens was radically restructured from a global conglomerate that had gotten too bloated to be efficient to a slimmer siemens eiji was several spun off divisions this inner circle says the ecosystem consists of 3 strong independent companies based on a global brand of shared values siemens a g.e. siemens energy and siemens health the new years each of these companies can now concentrate on the specific requirements of each market for the insight in and out of the. siemens health in years went public in 2018 siemens energy and 2020 and despite the pandemic siemens 1st quarter results for this fiscal year were

strong with income soaring by 1500000000 euros on the year so who is taking over the helm of the german engineering giant that would be deputy c.e.o. roland bush who wants to signal a forward thinking stance. comically it seemed in the next decade the global economy will reinvent itself the backbone of our economies will be completely transformed by digitalization industry infrastructure mobility energy and health care the pandemic has already accelerated this emotional and. shareholders now hope that the company will continue to find ways to remain profitable but just this week siemens energy and which seem in still holds a one 3rd stake and now steel was slashing nearly 8000 jobs including 3000 in germany employee organizations hope that their workers won't be left in the cold during this transitional and often to mulch us period in siemens history. and

earlier today we asked joe kayser if he was leaving the post with any regrets for so many you know hindsight is a lot of stuff you would do differently if it happened in the mean opus levy we've it it's i'm investing into let's say you weren't as in the steve which we would probably not have done in that. in that way we have been trying to do that as a lot of reasons for that but you know it's more than that the purchase was done a lot of good things all to sleep because we wouldn't be there. today and i remember when i started as c.e.o. in. 2030 in the 7th was about $7070.00 yesterday we had a new all time high of $133.00 euros plus the benefits of the spin of it was another 12 euro for for energy if you look at the the the i.p.o. since health in the years you know we i.p.o.

they met $28000000000.50 in market cap $50000000000.00 a market cap in germany is a big thing you know it's way above b.m.w. it's just about the same level or i think about this you know formative vision of siemens now is worth more to industrial lichens of picture many for must have done something right that's what i would focus on especially also the succession plan. all right outgoing c.e.o. of siemens there joe kaser well his company did well last year but it's been a much more difficult year for many other sectors especially tourism in spain the number of visitors dropped 8 percent last year putting visitor numbers at their lowest level in more than half a century and the distress felt by businesses is palpable around the country especially in beach towns like costa blanca take a look it's. a load of under the palms in been a dorm that's usually an impossible dream. but hotels are now either empty or

closed completely more than 90 percent of all tourist accommodation has pulled down the shutters normally this 4 star hotel would be at 75 percent occupancy at this time of the year but now there are more employees than guests and the spanish government aid package is totally inadequate to keep the industry afloat. by yet again is only deploying 3 percent of its g.d.p. to help us that's a lot lower than the e.u. average this has to change because brain can't function without its tourism industry the sector accounts for 20 percent of all jobs in spain making it the most important source of employment in the country that in the employee or their base. although businesses here are technically allowed to remain open many have thrown in the towel. no tourists means no income. to party strip of benetton particularly popular with british tourists has become

a ghost town around 18000 jobs are on the line here. restaurant certainly signor garcia has put his entire staff on reduced hours he fears a wave of bankruptcies will sweep along the coast. of funds and other cash rich people will take advantage of this to buy or knock down prices what we've built up with a lot of effort the situation. very difficult. at this hotel the mood is similarly glum they have more than 50000 euros in fixed costs that must be covered the owner has been forced to borrow money his entire hope rests on having a good summer season. tourism in europe can be revived but action must be taken immediately vaccinate faster that

the rising infections must be stopped and then with a little luck we'll be able to start the summer well. but right now that seems an eternity away. in been a dormir disinfecting the streets and the police patrolling the waterfront boulevard i just tourist town will need a long time to fully recover from the coronavirus. and finally it looks like chocolate and tastes like chocolate but according to german regulators it's not technically chocolate german confectioner ritter sport recently debuted. which uses natural cocoa juice but germany's cocoa ordinance yes there is one doesn't recognize cocoa juice as a permissible sweetener. called the ruling absurd adding if sauces can be made from peas an apparent reference there to meet substitutes made a peep rotimi chocolate doesn't need sugar either. all

right here's a reminder of the top story we're following amazon founder jeff bezos is stepping down later this year giving up the role of c.e.o. of the online retail giant he started in his garage in 1904 will become executive chairman with such replacement as c.e.o. . and that's it for me and the business team here is always thanks for watching. into the conflict zone to suggest. many countries are watching anxiously to see how the new u.s. administration will we set relations with them i guess this week from jerusalem is the community affairs minister he may be how will his government react to joe biden's new policy on the road and his way to tolerance for the expansion of jewish . conflict. in 60 minutes do you don't.

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